Transmission Pipelines

Excavation Services For Transmission Pipelines

There are around 3 million miles of pipelines transporting natural gas across the continental United States. With those pipelines delivering almost 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas to customers every year, keeping them maintained and functioning properly is essential.

Discovery Hydrovac’s years of experience in the oil and gas industry ensures we provide a safe working environment during our projects on transmission pipelines. Your oil and gas pipelines are crucial to getting your product to your customers. Our safe excavation techniques and extensive training for everyone on our crew keep your transmission pipelines and their valuable resources safe and flowing.

What Are Transmission Pipelines?

Before natural gas can be distributed to customers, it needs to be transported from processing plants to the natural gas companies located across the country. The natural gas is compressed and travels in transmission pipelines at around 500 to 1400 pounds of pressure per square inch. With such a high pressure level, any damage to the pipelines could result in an explosion and possibly lead to casualties.

Transmission pipelines are required to be pressure tested before being placed into service, but they still need to be consistently maintained so no potential hazards arise. Issues such as corrosion, leaks, and valve replacements often pop up and require excavation to be fixed. Discovery Hydrovac provides safe excavation services to transmission pipelines across the country.

Vacuum Excavation On Transmission Pipelines

Traditional excavation tools can be dangerous if used on transmission pipelines. A damaged pipeline doesn’t just interrupt business and slow down the transport of your product, it could cause explosions and be fatal to those nearby. 

By using non-destructive and non-invasive digging techniques like vacuum excavation, our teams keep buried transmission pipelines safe throughout the excavation process. Our hydro or air excavation services quickly and precisely loosen and vacuum up the soil around buried pipelines—exposing them for maintenance or replacement while minimizing the potential for damage.

Excavation Safety On Transmission Pipelines

Any pipeline damage during excavation could be devastating not only to the environment, but also to your business and your customers who rely on your product. Partnering with an excavation company that knows its way around transmission pipelines keeps your product safe and your business running smoothly. 

Discovery Hydrovac’s work with the oil and natural gas industry brings a high level of skill and experience to every transmission pipeline excavation project. Our team’s commitment to project and crew safety ensures that not only will your valuable product get to your customers quickly and efficiently, but that everyone at the site will always be safe. Talk with one of our industry experts for more information on how Discovery Hydrovac can help your company with your upcoming excavation needs.